National Police elements at Ibn Batouta Airport in Tangier arrested a 26-year-old British citizen of Moroccan origin on suspicion of his involvement in a case relating to unlawful detention and armed robbery of two individuals, said a security source.
According to the source, the suspect lured two people–one a Dutch of Moroccan origin–into an apartment in Tangier by claiming to have carried out a fake transfer of a sum of money in national currency into digital currency, before locking up the two victims and proceeding to assault and rob them.
Investigations into this case led to the identification of the accused, who was apprehended at Ibn Batouta Airport as he was preparing to board an international flight.
The suspect was placed in police custody for more investigations.